Lighting for shrooms

650-IS350 · 12/08/2014, 01:01 PM

37 gallon cube mix reef tank lighting by Kessil A360 WE.

20" tall. I have my shroom gardens in the bottom. What's the best lighting pct% to keep shrooms happy ( not blasted by high light ) but still keeping some light loving SPS/LPS and Z's and P's happy still.

Right now I had to ramp down the lighting, mostly in blue hue right now and ramped down as the shrooms start detaching from their frags as lighting too bright for them

philosophile · 12/10/2014, 09:16 PM

Mushrooms detach for lots of reasons, light being one of them... Are your shrooms stretching towards the light wih a really long "stalk"? If so then your lighting might be low... If not, thy might not stretch just because of he type or because flow is too high for them to stretch.

I have a 10g mushroom tank that is lit by one kessil... I forgot which one, but it's the smaller one with only one color (blue). It's pretty dim, and my shrooms still are doing fine.

650-IS350 · 12/11/2014, 03:42 PM

some of the shrooms started reaching when I lowered to lowest level, but when I had it originally at max level, I would have shrooms within weeks of introduction would detach.

organism · 01/04/2015, 12:59 PM

I run a Kessil 350w over my frag tank at 100% blue and 20-25% white, corals range from mushrooms to SPS and they all grow well with great color. The whites are the ones that burn your mushrooms so the less the better.

650-IS350 · 01/05/2015, 04:33 PM

thanks,

Yes have blues to 100%, I believe whites only at click or 2 to have them on. But since they were reaching, i've upped the whites just a tad bit for more PAR but the look of the tank is still blue.

12/08/2014, 01:01 PM	#1
650-IS350 Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Bay Area Posts: 14,555	Lighting for shrooms 37 gallon cube mix reef tank lighting by Kessil A360 WE. 20" tall. I have my shroom gardens in the bottom. What's the best lighting pct% to keep shrooms happy ( not blasted by high light ) but still keeping some light loving SPS/LPS and Z's and P's happy still. Right now I had to ramp down the lighting, mostly in blue hue right now and ramped down as the shrooms start detaching from their frags as lighting too bright for them __________________ * RETIRED FROM REEFING * Just enjoying the box of water from afar

12/10/2014, 09:16 PM	#2
philosophile Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: San Jose, CA Posts: 1,149	Mushrooms detach for lots of reasons, light being one of them... Are your shrooms stretching towards the light wih a really long "stalk"? If so then your lighting might be low... If not, thy might not stretch just because of he type or because flow is too high for them to stretch. I have a 10g mushroom tank that is lit by one kessil... I forgot which one, but it's the smaller one with only one color (blue). It's pretty dim, and my shrooms still are doing fine. __________________ 90 gallon mixed reef XPS1000SSS skimmer, 2 radions gen 1, tunze osmolator w/ kalk dispenser, 70 lbs pukani, mp40w x2; 1 tomini, 1 clown 2 mandarins. Vinegar dosing, and micro bubble scrubbing.

12/11/2014, 03:42 PM	#3
650-IS350 Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Bay Area Posts: 14,555	some of the shrooms started reaching when I lowered to lowest level, but when I had it originally at max level, I would have shrooms within weeks of introduction would detach. __________________ * RETIRED FROM REEFING * Just enjoying the box of water from afar

01/04/2015, 12:59 PM	#4
organism code monkey Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: south bay Posts: 6,223	I run a Kessil 350w over my frag tank at 100% blue and 20-25% white, corals range from mushrooms to SPS and they all grow well with great color. The whites are the ones that burn your mushrooms so the less the better. __________________ I don't always grow frags... but when I do, I prefer Dos Acros

01/05/2015, 04:33 PM	#5
650-IS350 Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Bay Area Posts: 14,555	thanks, Yes have blues to 100%, I believe whites only at click or 2 to have them on. But since they were reaching, i've upped the whites just a tad bit for more PAR but the look of the tank is still blue. __________________ * RETIRED FROM REEFING * Just enjoying the box of water from afar